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LectureTools Student Information Guide

If your instructor is using LectureTools in your class, don't fret! LectureTools is easy to use-- and as an internet-based lecture supplement, it's a great study tool! You will be able to go through slide presentations at your own pace before, during, and after lectures, take notes in connection with each slide, and even mark a slide confusing or send your instructor a question during class! This guide contains everything you need to get started using LectureTools.

Viewing Hidden Slides

Your instructor may choose to hide certain slides from students prior to class. In a published lecture, the slide will appear with the text “Hidden Slide.” During class when your instructor reveals a hidden slide, you will be able to view the slide’s content.

Navigate to the hidden slide, which will become visible automatically when revealed by your instructor. Alternatively, when a hidden slide is revealed, a Click for Unhidden Slide notification will appear. Click the notification to jump to the hidden slide.

Your instructor may hide or unhide slides at any time and, after class, may choose to hide slides that were revealed during lecture.

Interacting with Slides

Marking Slides Confusing

Click the Confusing button (looks like a flag) to report comprehension difficulties on a particular slide. This alerts your instructor that a certain percentage of the class is confused on a particular slide.

Quickly find slides you marked confusing in a lecture by opening Browse Slides and clicking the flag icon next to "Filter Slides By:".

Taking Notes

When viewing slides, you can access your notebook to their right. Here, you can take notes associated with each numbered slide and format them simply with bolding, italics, underlines, bullet points, numbered lists, and colored highlighting.

Some features to remember:

Your notes are private. No one may view them who does not have access to your LectureTools account.

Notes are frequently auto-saved, but you also have the option to save manually.

You can also minimize or expand slide notes with the arrow next to each note section's number.

If you don't want to study electronically, you can also print your notes from each presentation, using the print button at the top of your notebook. Each set of notes will be printed next to its corresponding slide.

This feature enables you to print the slideshow presentation whether or not you have taken any notes.

Other Features

Answering Interactive Questions

Your instructor may include any number of interactive activities in each presentation, which you are expected to answer for participation points. Check your syllabus to see how heavily this "lecture participation" is weighted. For more information about interactive questions, please see the tutorials linked below.